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“If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?” With apologies to Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind, I am increasingly struck by the parallels between Public Affairs, the British housing market and the state of European integration! The prolonged recession and the growing sense that there is likely to be no immediate relief, eventually forces… » read more

In May of 2011 Wilfried Martens, President of the European Peoples Party and the Centre for European Studies, opened a CES Conference in London. He was asked about the future for European integration. He quoted George Herbert to the effect that “Storms make oaks take deeper roots”. I admired the elegance of the response, but… » read more

As the reality of ‘seven lean years’ sinks into the consciousness of the peoples of Europe, resignation and reality is crystallising in the minds of the peoples of Europe. Such a mood amongst the electorates of Europe is the essential precondition for any political or economic settlement of Europe’s current woes. The mood is not… » read more

I believe that ideas are the fuel of political debate. They bubble up endlessly and they should be shared, even in their unrefined and imperfect form. This blog is my attempt to share some of the ideas which interest me n Europe, public affairs and other